China's propaganda posters used to depict idyllic landscapes and rustic villages, but today's scenery resembles something far different. To imagine what modern Chinese propaganda would look like, two British artists commissioned a North Korean group that once made propaganda for their own state, creating a series of paintings that are a mix between eerie dystopias and picturesque scenes pocked by an unsettling feeling. The works are part of a long-running and ongoing series called The Beautiful Future, and they recently finished a showing in Beijing.
Though many of the paintings prominently feature stadiums made for the 2008 Olympic games in China, the British artists — Nick Bonner and Dominic Johnson-Hill — began work before the...
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